More #GoodNewsForNature this morning 🌿🐞🦊🐸🥾

Clare, Cork City, Galway, Kerry, Kildare, Kilkenny, Offally, Sligo, Westmeath and Wicklow are all getting a #BiodiversityOfficer !

There's another 15 new posts on the way too, as announced in Budget 2023.

#GreensInGovernment

well done Róisín 💚

I've been working hard with Malcolm Noonan T.D. to get a biodiversity officer for #Clare so people have access to expert advice on same and @clarecountycouncil can be guided in best practise around protecting and increasing biodiversity in our county #GreensInGoverment

Rent pressure zones needed in alot more places than just a couple of our cities! It would stop big rent hikes and free up houses that could be homes

17 times more houses on @airbnb than homes for rent in Co Clare in October.

#housingcrisis #housingcrisis ireland

Great work by Green Party all round. First we the green senators brought the bill forward and now we see green td sending it to the minister to sign of!! Finally we are done with beurocratic planning permission!!

Super news for all schools in Ireland. FREE electricity generating solar panels for every school in the country. Marc Ó Cathasaigh TD delivering on a promise I made to thousands of school children when I worked with Green-Schools .

#Budget2023 #GreensInGoverment

I'm looking forward to co-hosting this event on Friday in Ennistymon. As life become,busier and families often become more isolated it will be interesting to hear from parents. #parenthood #community #togetherisbetter

*Top lines from press conference*

👉We have to protect our people & our country in the winter period

👉New economy will come from energy efficency

👉Using this moment of change to accelerate & scale up delivery

👉Protecting the environment & economy goes hand in hand

'If more people choose public transport, we will have more liveable towns and cities, with better air quality and safer streets for families and children to walk, cycle and play.”

- Sen. Róisín Garvey on the continuation of the 20% fare reductions today.🚌🚃
greenparty.ie/news/20-reduct…

New measures for media announced today:

🟢 €15M will be made available this year for public service broadcasting, which will address the Future of Media Commission recommendation to provide interim funding to @RTE

A Vacant Homes Tax is introduced in this Budget.
We cannot leave so many houses vacant while so many need homes.
This is a good start to activate vacancy and encourage refurb, sale or rent of an empty house.
This makes sense, more to do on dereliction too.
#GreensInGovernment

The €1 billion investment in childcare secured by Roderic O’Gorman TD in #Budget2023 will see a saving for families of up to €2,100 per child.

This package is designed to ease the significant burden of #childcare costs for families, and provide access to more childcare places.

⁦Green Party Ireland⁩ are leading the Solar Rooftop Revolution. We are helping schools with electricity costs by funding solar panels on every school roof in #Budget2023
Schools can sell unused electricity back to grid too.
It makes sense.
It’s #GreensInGovernment

📢 #Budget2023

🌿 #Heritage : €147.5m - more than doubled since I became Minister
🐞 #Nature : €90m - NPWS up 83% since 2020, + significant staffing resources, 15 more Biod Officers
🏰 #BuiltHeritage : €30m - up 260% since 2020

Details: malcolmnoonan.com/post/budget-20…

#GreensInGovernment

📢 As of January 2023, childcare fees will be reduced by 25%, as part of a €1bn investment in childcare.

This means that parents, on average, will save €1,200 per child per year, up to a maximum of €2,100.

#Budget2023

The target for spending on childcare was €1bn by 2028. With #Budget2023Ireland we have smashed through that barrier five years earlier than originally planned thanks to the efforts of my Green Party Ireland colleague Roderic O’Gorman TD.

With Green Party Ireland ministers, you get fresh ideas, new funding, and real change.

Highlights from Roderic O’Gorman TD, Catherine Martin TD and I from today's #Budget2023